וְאִם־לֹ֨א תֹאבֶ֤ה הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ וְנִקִּ֕יתָ מִשְּׁבֻעָתִ֖י זֹ֑את רַ֣ק אֶת־בְּנִ֔י לֹ֥א תָשֵׁ֖ב שָֽׁמָּה׃
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Bereshit Rabbah
“Abraham said to him: Beware lest you return my son there” (Genesis 24:6).
“The Lord, God of the heavens, who took me from my father's house, and from my birthplace, and who spoke to me, and who took an oath to me, saying: To your descendants I will give this land; He will send His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there” (Genesis 24:7).
“Abraham said to him: Beware…the Lord, God of the heavens, who took me from my father’s house” – this refers to his father’s house. “And from my birthplace” – this refers to his neighborhood. “And who took an oath to me” – in Ḥaran. “And who spoke to me” – [at the covenant] between the pieces.32See Genesis 15:1–21. “He will send his angel before you” – Rabbi Dosa said: This refers to a particular angel.33Some say this refers to the archangel Metatron. At the moment that Abraham our patriarch said: “He will send his angel before you,” the Holy One blessed be He designated two angels for him; one to bring out Rebecca, and one to accompany Eliezer.
“And if the woman will not wish to follow you, you shall be absolved from this oath of mine; only you shall not return my son there” (Genesis 24:8).
“And if the woman will not wish…only [rak] you shall not return my son there” – rak is a term of exclusion, [intimating:] My son will not return there, but my grandson [Jacob] will return.
“The Lord, God of the heavens, who took me from my father's house, and from my birthplace, and who spoke to me, and who took an oath to me, saying: To your descendants I will give this land; He will send His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there” (Genesis 24:7).
“Abraham said to him: Beware…the Lord, God of the heavens, who took me from my father’s house” – this refers to his father’s house. “And from my birthplace” – this refers to his neighborhood. “And who took an oath to me” – in Ḥaran. “And who spoke to me” – [at the covenant] between the pieces.32See Genesis 15:1–21. “He will send his angel before you” – Rabbi Dosa said: This refers to a particular angel.33Some say this refers to the archangel Metatron. At the moment that Abraham our patriarch said: “He will send his angel before you,” the Holy One blessed be He designated two angels for him; one to bring out Rebecca, and one to accompany Eliezer.
“And if the woman will not wish to follow you, you shall be absolved from this oath of mine; only you shall not return my son there” (Genesis 24:8).
“And if the woman will not wish…only [rak] you shall not return my son there” – rak is a term of exclusion, [intimating:] My son will not return there, but my grandson [Jacob] will return.